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      The Sebastopol Committee. The Hon. And R...

      Captain Bamford , of the 63 rd Regime *^ jdemtttocertain statenwstejBMde- ^ avpMwaes ^^^ cS & omBh K \ faifr *< a *^' f ^ * n $ aMli * hrinf § ^ e & iwpiwnrtb . & aniidle-of .-fcfee . taipp . > He : Acatifiad . taAhaaw £ ul . atoteuof , tiiei * B ^ sport -. ahips , tand ^ attributed jfche Asiekaess ofiifcis aMEC , tOL-overwmrk . iThenaafin ^ ihe ^ rfuiid ^ iiadi ^ Qmelimea , £ tomvraab-oifaeil ^ t <^ eai . iMoirmeat xaiw . sjQaptalarMtti ^ < J o nu 3 a an derjD £ the ; -Aai des r -gave .-e 5 HideBee * ri * h « espect Abithe disorderly 4 state .-.-of the -iaxboiuvof { Balakhrsa ¦ . previous i to December , iafteiv -which c . titne Ae isaid it ( waarijr * very-good condiiion- He * ook * a : quantity > of plaKfcing / ta JBalaklaya ; hat they refased * a receivetit , ion tbe , > pleai tkatifaaKaa . inot > i > eanted yjand-ihe ; carried ifcio , « nd fro joneft oc ^ wioatbefiore it ^ wasJanded .

      i Captain . Stewact , Commander < ¦ . first : of the t Goddm * FJeeee j sand . than oof t ^ the-Mauritius , ^ spske Df . having .-carried . about tin hi * ship . a , quantity of .-regimenialfl > ag-_ 3 * age . jfrQin -plaeevto plaee-fbr < a < penodsbf three ¦ OE-ibnr ; months r - because he > was unable to find , any one to : take afc-off- Ms l hands . . Also , when ; in -. ihe ^ Xioldenl Fleece ^ ie conveyed in ! Ma hold * a number of ; . empty beeftandsfiour ** asks ,. along « with other cargoes-which ; ihe -v » as « -talsing backwardi and ¦ -forward between' Conatantinople and > Tf arna ^ itt-coBseqHence of being obliged tOT-retiOTsAhjafle casks into store r ^ wien > ihe ship . came > 4 o England jror . ;» to -pay . a > fittmi equivalent tor . iheir-value . ^ Fhose . empty 3 Ba 8 ksfTner « a £ gDeateacumbrancadiC : therhnld > o £ rtherasessel , ^ dAtheywrQaldihave ^ madergoad dHje-waad ' . atcJBalaklaaca ,-a . tja * imenFheiiit Tvas mvichAwanted theare . iGaptainarEBeeman ^ Darke ,. andJEllison , jgave . instances

      "FRIDAY . fAfter >« a = BhorfrT ? e-e 3 iamination 6 f Dr . -Andrew ^ Smith , ¦ ixmchiag & ome documents and -acconnts conneeted-with * he 'hospitals , and which -appeared to ' be very confused -arid incorrect , WMr ^ Maxwell ,- one 6 f the Government commissioners q sent * mt * 4 o ~ inquire * into the state of the" hospitals at ^ Scutari , » ¦ was examined . His evidence went ' -to show that "the- -medical officers did not -make proper- returns

      -wrtb'respect tcrthieir stock of drugs ; that the surgeries iw * rd-feadly supplied -with medicines ; that he eouldnot get thereturns he-wanted irom Mr . Ward ; the purveyor ; ¦ that _ * her-barrack -hospital at Scutari was not in a very bad : Btate > wherihe-was there in November i ( he admitted , howewri that' -he was there only once ) ;• that the supply > bf 'food * was'irregular ; arid thatthe " shirts Of the- nren were in 1 a filthy state . TPhe- X ^ ommitteetfeett adjourned until after the Eagter 'vacation .

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      The War. The News'from The Seat Of War A...

      THE WAR . The news'from the seat of war again comes to us ¦ " hot and bleeding . " The Times of Tuesday ^ published -a . telegraphic' . despatch from their Marseilles correspondent , stating that on the 13 th inst ., the Russians , ' opened the :, fire of their batteries on the heights of Balakjava ; that the' English , with the assistance of ^ General Vinoys , routed them ; and that on the . 17 th ^ the Russians-attacked- the-whole-line of the Allies , "bat were repulsed with great slaughter . We' have as yet ho details 6 f these actions ; " but " the" letter would « eenvta . repetition of the affair oiMIrikermnn ( the . probability' of which we pointed out last-week ) —rfinother fraitfic attempt to " drive thei infidels into the . s . ea , "bnt as . unsuccessful as the former .

      '• The"Russians have also . made , according ' to the ' ffloaiteur , j ) .. sortie . on the extreme left of the' French lines , which was' likewise repulsed . " ' The . enemy ;" says , the French official journal , " had / fifty men . disabled , . and retirdd in disorder . " 'From the same source . we learn that ,. at the same time , . namely , . on the night of the 15 th , the Trench' troops carried a line of arhbnscdde occupied by the "Russian sharpshooters . Nevertlieless , the Russians seem to be in no measure'disheartened , but continue their defensive w , orks , and . their approaches . towacds Qur approaches , -with amazing obstinacy . and skill . Their-itdvanced batteries , we are told , pour their fire upon the . besiegers ; and nlLatteiupts to dialodgo them ' from the position-, which theyjiave taken up . on the right bank of Careening Bay have ia . led . 'Thoso , to : be surp , nre . Russian accounts ; but nn opinion ' . is . » ow

      gaining-• grourtd that SebaRtppDl cannot : bo taken , by assault , nor in any way by the force now before' it ,. arid that the only chance "for its reduction is by investing it , and thus starving out the , garrison . Unpleasant rutfnaurs , jmwre « ver , iftreiafioat that , at the Y > ianua Coniorences / . the . 'destruction of this : forjnidablo iovtrftts ianoJonger ineiated . oa . aa a . sine qua non . Meanvwhile ^ Loxd ^ liondonald : pnosscs his ^ secret . agont of . deatwicbion upon our ! rulcr ^ . amLtulks < of pnopoaiog itr . to ; the * OFranicli- Kmperor ; ^ but it ^ appearai that itho dEngJirfi Geutaamnent iiavo < alnuidy " taken it iato 4 ) onBideratian " - '~ Hwofooarao . with ariowdo ita oFqjecjbian . jitt rarptibeiworfthy ofuiote , however , that IiOrd J > anjd « neldyi » 8 Mwerijaver ^ oason tq i know , < suid from tho roffybAmfcjthatHSebsttopol could not' ba taken- by fcho T » rd 4 B « ryr modes of i procoduro . > Bno | Rn iE « HMUtorJuKwe hear of nothing of importanoo . rfikiDniiahesxb ^ tvrefai rthe ( Uuwiaas / an d tho iTucks , however , are of frequent occurrenceji ajotl invx > nouf } f

      > ia > eafi , nn !< Maxsb the > fith , >^ Sk ^ MierrJBQ gr roae « fttbe Jaw » tM ) ftjAe , 3 iud 6 » htX »«> ixy ^« fieeffs , 4- « iasHe 8 yei 3 eJy MWQuaded-. on . tiae . fiwabead , towwt ^ ndflri gfet baud ; > bufcaio fears me . e » tettai » edtifor ias life . Olb & ifias-8 iaHS . ( baTe ^ ^ fjoouMe r jdene ; thejiubwst . to > magaijfyAtliis #£ air intot . 6 omethi « g of > iujporJfcaBee ; hut it > was ^ dn iaciji a . reconnGisaance , wJaich . failed , ; , « wi « g to ;* fee JaackT « aa ; dBess . cfiJihe Twtars ^ ridthejiieecfccowardjce ofthefiediflfe . „ . . , fEJie sifcnai , ion _ of ,: tbcAJUea , ux , the . , GrjEmca ; 3 Si ; tttBs rfpEeeeatedin rthe ttMaaLJloaaiBehderSuPeiejnaifmKg ; ibut it must baieoeileeteAthatstke-BQnrcaas ^ -of . oaurse , . IJusaiaa *—

      - ^' . The position of the Allies-is now ooax $ ie & e & y ebat m 'b ysan-encloearevof ibrmidable-antirencbments ^ . ext ending ^ omrthe , ^ raat ; iinfantry ccamp jaear the citddel ^ b y-the -heights of iakeeman , r ^ lang-theiTchernayayras « far as-to 4 he Approaches of . Babiklava . SNew dhriaionarJiave joined jkheismry . JGreat events . are expected !"

      DESPATCHES FROM lOBD BAGLAH . -TSTe append Jfcha foilowang-froui Xecd , Baglau ! s-de-« patch . ^ ated . jthe i 3 thrMarcbr" The enemy icomBoencediWorkiag' upon-the ( manaelon in J & ontof thetosnerof . Malakhoff in the spightof Friday ; , butdthe « naitara' « frihe woxk , feomL 4 ie , thiekajass . ofrihe Mm ©^ pJbere , ioouidtte ) t . ba : diitinguiflaed . ¦ - »» Greatpprogw * s , = h © wevfir , iiad ' ibeen perceived .. on Sunday ^ aitd Ahat might ? . a t stropg . working i party u ) f ithe JBritiehtrof i > 9-w « Bioecvpied in commencing a paraJlfilfrom tho » ad ¥ aneedj $ oinfc ofi-our-irjght aitack , ( vwithl anaewio fonn ^ a . j unotion . with the eorreppo » ding : fparaUel ; to sbe imade on 4 heir-. « ide : by the-Erenoh , who rbegan . at on the following evenHig ;« and : inuchf--w * 3 done . tOnfocwaotdjtbe operation beft > ra : daylight Ibis . moBBing , -. and . it is i Jjoped ythat & e . object will be aoroplatedfto-iaigb-t . "

      tin . a later . desp *^ ch ^ dated-1 ilie irthsdnstant , > his . Jiordehtp ) writes-: — < CTThe progress of ? the-parallel which 11-reported inmy despatch'of the 16 * h - instant , -has not been as-rapid-as -was anticipaWd , the ground being extremely-rocky , and the difficulty of procuring cover consequently excessive , and rendering it almost impossible to ^ jarry on the ppe--ration - during the day . ~ ' •^ Both ' the ' English and-the ^ Erench-havenow , -hoTvever , -succeeded in establfahing-iihe communication between them . ' -Her Majesty ' s troops" have not-been assailed ; but-our allies'have been -kept constantly in action ^ and- * hey-have su cceeded in driving the enemy -from the rifle pits , in-which- they-had established them-^ elves in their -immediate dfront , \ -wdtbrdistinguished gallanttry and great -perseverance . ' They , however , have sustained some loss , though-not equal to-that which they have inflicted upon their opponents .

      "A steady fire has been-maintained- upon the-ma-• melonin the occupation-of the enemy , from-the guns in our right attack ; and the practice of- both the navy and the artillery has been conspicuously good , and reflects the highest . credit , on . those branches of . her . Majesty's service . " . s . It will be . seen : that , this . last despatch is dated on 4 ; he very day _ - when _ 1 tl !^ JBus ^ riiB . i i are aaid to ha ^ e attacked qur lilies ; but ^ of . oourseTtlie " . atatack . riuay have taken .. place-after the comniunioation was-eeut off . . JLordlinglaiuaddsithat 4 ierregcets-to -announce the . death of s « CJ * iptoini . Craigie , of . the . itoyal Eogineers fwunvther splinter . of . a . aball ^ wbich . burst , close . tojiicu .

      . , DKSPATOHEa FnaM : & XBH > DMUNJXJLXONS . ¦ Despatches from ,. the naval . CommauderHin-Ghief , of the 17 th of March ,, mention . the . destruction ,, by Lieutenant Ar , mytage ,. in ; the yiper ^ of " thejmnr . teUo toweriand , barjreckslof , ja > iiHdteia , > wluoh . . had recently . been ejected ^ or .. the jdeflGence , of * he .. direct -communication .. between An » pa . and ; JKextoh ;" . » and ,. alsosan attack . by Captain . Giffard . on tioujak . ln . itlie former affaii' , the- font , barxacks , and ,, grannrjes , -were ide-BtvoyaO , - twojguua -w- « ro- spiked , * uad > Ike tamnmuitiou was deatvoyed ; > iuxd , all . wixhout . anyi . diimage to Uiu Yi per . Of . the attack < n \ : Sow * k , C ^ P t ^ JGiffaad writes . )— ¦

      " . Qa < theevening 6 f tho .. ll * h ! iHS * ant , iwhanr . theiHighflyer joined < wo , iI proceeded , to So »\ jak ' . Bay , . 'wherek . we anchored on the anorning of : iho > . 12 th ; but . ar fresh gale , with heavy swell ,: prevented our closing * ho buttorica . SI iheroforo itlirew eomo slucJlainto tho . place ; : iand tho Giroaeeian . s ,.-who-aoonjiappeared innnuinberfl ,.-at Alie . same time attacked » . ther >« mall fort « atthocijcad . 6 frthofbjtypppoaitotitho town , drove out tho : garrison , > and . burnt : it at ; eiglit'OiHi . 'Uiia / ioorningi thoi Oireaeeiuns drifonnod mot Ahat they had . a auiHoiont force ,: and < would , jvttutk ^ ouj « krJiald byi . land ^ if . I \ « would ida * d . by > ' » aa « anu \> wiBb . - ing-to encourage thorn > and oinbarra » s- » ho enomy , r'l immediately inovfld-thoaquudron ^ to within ' 1000 yards cf the -South , ' Faco ,. . and'iQpenad jfirc . on i it . j From - -thin . ptuutiho -Qiioniy had ton guna to bcaron tho . ships , but ibo Jigbfc AviJuLand clarap * weather ; modo tlio « emuko bung over : and : ooncoal thorn r from onr fire , ' ° > Vhilo . our musts above / wexQcoDBpiauoufl toJbhcm .

      'NWoiBooiudrove all tho inhabitants--andrtroppa . ont of the place , except thoso in tho earthorn batteries ; but 11 <\ Mt » muah disappointed fio / iind that the . Girca «» iaH 8 . did not ladvanco to . ; atiaok ihomjwbeu out of tho 4 own ,-aa they had promised . I therefore , moved . outagnin , m « ,

      Tfa * h : 'OurjaBttdl : foj «« i > imma ^ ifc ^ wmldihave . beentoo great artiafa tor i » nd ^ Jilieim « in : body cf . the garrison' ibejng dose auJoand . ¦¦ " TheRATseuaL and ; publichbuildings-^ are ' much injured and 8 ev £ Eal > ofi ! fab . e . gnas mere silenced . and dismount ^}' Qtar loss , jl ^ ami-happy to say , -has been small ; and someinjuryrlias been done , to ihe . xnasts arid / hulls of tie abips . " ' "Tihewriter . adds ^ tbat : tlM 3 R-ussiaHs-will now have great difficulty in coxnniunjcaling with the Anapa as they are surrounded by . the Circassians . ''

      THE A 1 ) VJBNT OI > SPRING IN THE : GAMP . Wear-e-blassedsatJast'withia . 11 the genial influences ofmjglozrious-sprisg . -Vegetation . 'is struggling'for existence beneath the trainp-of : armed men and the hoofs . *> f - the ; war ; thQ * 6 e ,.. Jand : fiaaBt patches of green herbage dot the ; < brown-expanse in mdiioh the allied camps have now rested so Jong . The few fruit-trees which have been left standing near Balaklava are in blossom . The stumps on the hill-sides are throwing out green * sljoots as outlets dor tbewfelliog sap ; the sun .. shines .. bcighllyr > aud A « aucmly / from J ) lue skies streaked . with clouds , vwhich , areborne- » apidly along by the breeze ,, that -never ceases , to - blow from tke high . lands . « Of . course , « the beneficial ^ effects of this permanent fine . weather onthe health . and spirits of the . army v « re very great ,. and beoomes more striking day . fafter xlay . . Ona . great ^ sign .-of returning comfort

      aiKLgood-. spirits cannot , be , overlooked . .. The " voice of song" is heard , once more in . the tents , and the men haxe . conameneed ^ uningaiptl » eir . pipes , -and chantipg their , old familiar choruses once more . -. Every token o £ improvement . and change that ; I noticed about the camp . and tUe » arj » y has : been . developed . . The railway . puslics .. its iron < feelers ., up ibe hill- side to the camp . ^ Tlie wire ropes and-rolieraibr the trains have been . partially iaid down . , Everyway . ithe . plains and hill- ^ ide areisjtreaked-with columns of smoke , -vvliich mark . the .. spots Sviiere fire . is . destroyiug . heaps of filth and corrupt raxkUn & l ^ nd vegetable matter as ¦ sacrifices on .. the , altar of ; Healtli . . The sanatorium Js workaig in the , most-satisfactory manner , and .-has . produced the Jbest results . Watercourses are damnxidin , ^ and . i ; be waters . of ^ Jittle streamlets are caught . up in reservoirs to * provide ; agaiosMrough . t . ¦* -zT ' unes .. Correspondent . _

      iMPBEG ^ EBTLHTY SBBASTOPOL . ' The ¦ following is from Ghe-same source as the preceding : — : «^ The impression which has long existed in the minds of many , that Sebastopbl cannot now be taken by assault , ^ considering-the position of the north forts , the f leet , and- the army outside , gains ^ ground . ' But coupled with-this impression is-the far stronger conviction that , had onr army marched upon the place on the' 25 th of September , it would-have-fallen almost . without

      resistance . . A -Russian officer , who was taken prisoner some time ago , and-who knew the state of the city well , . declared very recently that he could not account for our * infatuation ' in allomng the" Russians , to throw . up works and regain heart , -when-wo could-have walked into the place , unlessLj « ideir _ the _ * I ? PE ? SA * ' ? n' t ? ** thei luiud of the Almighty was in it , and that He had blinded the vision and perverted the judgment of our Generals . ' And now , ' said he , ' He- has saved Sebastopol , and we , witU His help , ^ Vill- maintain it inviolate . * "

      CAMP . . GO 8 SJP . Sir 'John" M * Neil and General ., Simpson ,-. who arc to superintend the-workings of the staff .. and .. commissariat departments , arrived to-day ( March > 12 ) . Uut for the positive obstacles , thrown in . his way , Air . Filder would have kept tho troops on ample . jratioaa . . Yesterday evening Omar " Pacha , arrived . utiKainieach ^ . aiul , accompanied by Admirals Lyons , Bruat , and . Stewart , immediately proceeded to Lord . Raglan ' s . / hcad-quartera . Shortly . uftenvards Generals . Cflurobert , 13 o . squfit , aud Sir George Brown . arrived ,.. andva . long . council of war was held . . It . is ^ generally believed that the Turkish Commnnder-in-Chief came to . flskforrcinforcenientn , and also to represent the impossibility of defending Kupatoria against a regular siege . The council lasted nearly four hours , and Omar Pacha- returned to ICupatoria this morning . Neither English jior . French troops can bo sixared at present for tho defence of . that place .

      ' During the-. wholo of to-iday Ibo churdi bcJlain Sobastppol have been tollipg heavily , it is presumed for some rieligioua-aervico for tho dpparted liinporor . ii ' or . the first , time our . tramway was .. used to-day for the convoyauco of shot and ' , ahull to the general depot , in course of formation . about a uiile . auil a liaU from head-quartos . , For eomo jtiuio past tho lino has been used for the conveyance of rations of all kinds ; but hitherto no very heavy trailic hus been attempt ^! - About COOttshot and : shell . wore , to-iLiy aeut . up to tho buights over Kuraui ,. and thoneo . Xouwardcd an our own and tho Frci ^ lt waggons * o . thoaranxdies . Nmio of tliu staiiouary onginca . aro yet . ut . xwxk . —Momut !? J / umw Correapotidmi .

      THE MOfiPISAJJS'AOVWJSIiA Kr . AVA . , Tho . yMneAM-BalakUiva . iOorreBpondont has tlio loi"" Salaklawa 1 » * o . longonwhat it- was—by comparison iUa . ovon puro—yet . muuaoous . twnWls -tloat ¦ around tuo

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31031855/page/6/